In the early morning, the sky was cloudy, there was no sunlight, and there was a light rain.

within a tent.

A fire rose in the center, warm smoke curled, wisps of heat rose up, dispelling the cold scattered around, and making this camp feel warm.

Mu Jing was dressed in a short suit and a long robe, kneeling in front of the desk, holding a book in his hand.

He was reading a book.

But in fact, he was a little absent-minded, and his eyes skimmed the sky outside the camp from time to time.

"My lord, you haven't slept for a few days, you only sleep for an hour or two every day, and now your spirit must be tired, so let's go and rest first!" Jiang Wan looked at the somewhat haggard Mu Jing and exhorted in a low voice.

In the past few days, Mu Jing has not slept much, and he is naturally a lot haggard.

"There is no news that he will come back, Ben Hou has never been able to sleep!"

Mu Jing shook his head, he put down the book in his hand, looked up at the window, there was still a light rain outside the camp, the light rain shrouded the sky, cloudy, these days, sometimes light rain, sometimes heavy rain, sometimes stopped, sometimes rained, most of the time it seemed to be a drizzle, the weather was terrible.

"In this kind of weather, the battle is difficult, and victory or defeat can only depend on the will of God!" Mu Jing sighed.

"Report!" There was a sound outside the camp.

"Say!"

"Master Xu is back!"

Jin Jiu, the captain of the Shenwei Battalion, opened the curtain, bowed his hand inward, and said.

"Let him come to me at once!" Mu Jing's eyes bloomed with a touch of light.

"No!"

Jin Jiu received the order and quickly brought Xu Shu into the tent.

"Xu Shu meets Minghou!" Xu Shu entered the camp and did not change his title, but he still made a salute.

"How's the battle going?"

Mu Jing asked directly.

"The Great War is over!"

"And the result?"

"Ma Chao took Ma Teng, led the remnants, took advantage of the cover of the night rain, escaped from the encirclement, and fled to the northwest of Jieting, in the direction of Anding County, Liangzhou!"

"Falling short?"

When Mu Jing heard this, he frowned slightly, but he was still calm, he sat down first and said, "Yuan Zhi, tell me the details!" ”

"No!"

Xu Shu carefully elaborated on the course of this battle, including every detail he saw, and handed the text of the battlefield in his hand to Mu Jing.

Mu Jing looked at the battlefield record book again and again, and listened to Xu Shu's explanation over and over again.

About half an hour later, he could be regarded as having an overview of this battle under his eyes.

"Ma Chao!"

"Pound!"

"Endless rain?"

"It's really variable, is it our bad luck, or Ma Teng's life shouldn't be extinguished!"

Mu Jing paced back and forth, his brows sometimes furrowed, sometimes relaxed, and only after half a sound did he say: "But this battle, the sky is not beautiful, and it is really difficult to fight for Zhang Wenyuan and them!" ”

"Lord, then do we need to give an order for Zhang Liao Zhonglang to pursue?" Jiang Wan asked: "This horse is so fierce, letting the tiger return to the mountain will leave trouble!" ”

"Who doesn't know!"

Mu Jing smiled bitterly, he raised his head, looked at the foggy sky and the light rain, and said: "But look at this weather, if Zhang Wenyuan dared to chase, he would have chased it a long time ago, and now even if he knows that the tiger will return to the mountain, he will not dare to pursue!" ”

"It's a pity!"

Jiang Wan sighed.

"Forget it!"

Mu Jing waved his hand and said: "Let Zhang Liao and Huang Shao, they rest first, there will be a lot of casualties in the rain, let them recover their combat effectiveness first, and let them report the casualties as soon as possible!" ”

"No!"

Jiang Wan nodded and immediately went to give the order.

"Huangfu!"

Mu Jing suddenly shouted.

"In!" Huangfu Yin walked out next to him and stood by.

"Would you like to go back to Guanzhong?" Mu Jing asked.

"Back to Guanzhong?"

Huangfu Yin's brows furrowed slightly: "Now?" ”

"The Huangfu family has almost wiped out the door, this hatred and hatred cannot be solved by outsiders, only you can do it yourself!" Mu Jing put his hands behind his back, looked at the light rain outside the camp, and said: "Although there are regrets in this battle, but for us, it can be regarded as the completion of a preliminary goal, and now the road to Guanzhong has been opened, but my main force cannot enter so quickly, in Jingzhao, the appeal of the Huangfu family is a lot, I need a pioneer!" ”

"Pioneer?"

Huangfu Yin gritted his teeth, knelt down, and asked for his life: "My subordinates are willing to be the vanguard and step on Chang'an for the lord!" ”

Mu Jing is right, the blood feud of the Huangfu family, he has to settle with Xiliang in person.

"Since you are willing, then go, Chang'an will have someone to pick you up!"

Mu Jing patted Huangfu Yin's shoulder and said with a smile: "Remember two points, first, don't be impatient in doing things, the enemy is current, you must also be calm, otherwise you can't do anything, second, no matter when, life is the most important thing, the day I attack Chang'an, is when Huangfu reappears!" ”

"Yes!"

Huangfu Yin nodded: "Subordinates should remember the lord's instructions!" ”

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A day later, the dark clouds that had shrouded the sky of this street pavilion for several days finally dissipated most of it, and a round of red sun gradually revealed its figure, and the sun poured on the earth.

"The last general, Zhang Liao!"

"The last general, Huang Shao!"

"Come and ask the lord for his guilt, please punish the lord!"

The two main generals knelt in front of Mu Jing and clenched their fists to plead guilty.

Mu Jing sat cross-legged, his expression was pale and silent, and he didn't even move his eyelids.

In the camp, there was a sudden silence, and everyone did not dare to say anything.

In such a depressing atmosphere, for half an hour, the cold sweat on Zhang Liao and Huang Shao's foreheads was constantly flowing, and this wordless pressure made their mood uneasy.

"Success or failure on the battlefield is a common thing in soldiers!"

At this time, Mu Jingcai glanced up at them, spoke lightly, and said softly: "This battle, failing to do your job, can be regarded as your fault, but as the main general, the credit is yours, and the responsibility will be yours. ”

"Thank you, Lord Gong's mercy!"

The two breathed a sigh of relief, a small punishment and a big commandment, and this matter is considered to be in the past.

"Get up!" Mu Jing waved his hand.

"No!"

"What about the casualties?" Mu Jing asked.

"Our army is dead, 5,260 soldiers!"

"So much?" Mu Jing's eyes were gloomy.

"Fighting in the rain is a bit rash after all, and after the big war is going on, it becomes more and more out of control, overly obsessed with victory and defeat, and the casualties are greater!" Zhang Liao said in a low voice.

"The result?"

"Sixteen thousand beheaded, six thousand eight hundred prisoners, and about eight thousand escaped!"

"How's Pound doing?"

"Alive!" Zhang Liao replied: "But the injury is not light, the military doctor said, at least three months of recuperation, it is possible to get out of danger, but I have seen him, his physique is abnormal, maybe he will recover faster, and in the battle to the death, he has made a slight breakthrough, and the martial arts realm should be on a higher level!" ”

"What are you going to do?"

"It should be killed, if this person continues to be the enemy and escapes by luck, it will be a big disaster in the future!"

Zhang Liao said: "But I want to stay!" ”

"Why?"

"He is willing to break off the Ma family, he will not retreat in actual combat, his loyalty can be learned, his martial arts and military strategies are all superior, he is a rare military talent, if he can use it, he will be a unique sword in our army!"

"The sword is a double-edged sword, it can hurt others as well as yourself!"

"Even so, I want to give it a try!" Zhang Liao said: "He has never been surnamed Ma"

"Then keep it for now!" Mu Jing waved his hand and said: "Wait for him to recover from his injuries, and then make plans, but you can keep an eye on this person, if he escapes, I will ask for you!" ”

"No!"

Zhang Liao nodded.

Mu Jing stood up, walked to the front of the marching map, looked at the topographic map of Liangzhou, and after half a ring, asked Huang Shao: "The casualties of the Yellow Turban Army should be lighter!" ”

"Indeed!"

Huang Shao nodded.

"Within three days, you will order 8,000 troops and leave Hanyang!" Mu Jing took this map of Hanyang County: "I want to take Hanyang first, open up Longxi, and eat half of Liangzhou first!" ”